Vir Chakra (VrC)

On 20 June 1999 during ‘Operation Vijay', Rifleman Mehar Singh was the Light Machine Gun Number 2 when his company was tasked to attack and dislodge enemy intruders occupying Point 5140, a tactically important peak overlooking the entire Drass sector. He was asked to provide covering fire to the assaulting column. With utter disregard to his personal safety and notwithstanding the almost unscaleable rocky terrain, severe cold, heavy enemy shelling and direct fire, he moved towards the earmarked enemy sangar. Teaming with his Light Machine Gun Number One, he opened accurate covering fire on the enemy causing attrition and panic while his comrades moved in for the decisive hand-to-hand assault.

Seeing no further requirement of covering fire, Rifleman Mehar Singh pounced on the enemy and got embroiled in a hand-to-hand fight which finally led to the capture of the vital post. He displayed selfless courage and aggressive determination in the face of the enemy.